The Promised Band

Dir. Jen Heck
| 89 min

Documentary
United States 2016EnglishArabicHebrew with English subtitlesDC Premiere

Saturday, May 58:45 PMBethesda Row Cinema

Tuesday, May 86:15 PME Street Cinema

The story of a fake rock band comprised of Israeli and Palestinian women who decide that—despite their limited artistic ability—a music group offers them a useful cover under which to meet and interact.

Aided by a naïve but well-meaning American TV producer (film director Jen Heck), the unlikely musicians cross all manner of borders: the physical and walled off, the societally–defined, and most of all, the personal. An inspiring and humanizing look at a conflict that appears a touch less intractable when confronted through an individual, female, and open lens.